Hawke's Bay Times. Nullius addielus jurare in verba magistri. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1871.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 18, Issue 1125, 20 September 1871, Page 2

Hawke's Bay Times. Nullius addielus jurare in verba magistri. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1871.

The Star of the South leaves for the Thames and Auckland at 1Q o'clock to-morrow morning.

An advertisement appears in another column announcing that the b.h. Ahuriri will steam hence for Wellington and Southern Ports on or about Wednesday next, 27th hist- We are informed by the agents (Messrs Kinross & Co.) that she would leave Dunedin for the North to-morrow night. In the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning a drunkard was mulcted in the usual penalty. David Burns was charged with having been illegally on the premises of Mr Canlton, on the night of the 11th September, 1870. It was stated that the defendant and another person had been taken into custody on this charge at the time mentioned, and that he had escaped from the charge of the police.—Mr Stedman appeared on defendant's behalf.—Defendant pleaded that he did not know he had been given in charge, and thought he had only been called to assist in taking his companion, who was drunk, to the lock-up.—Evidence was brought to show that he had since been working at Waipawa, and bore a good character. The charge was not pressed, and was dismissed by the Magistrate.

There lias been a panic in the Auckland flour market. The New Zealand Herald of Saturday last says that "it certainly appears a problem how flour can possibly be reduced to £ls per ton, when best Canterbury wheat cannot be landed here under 6/6 per bushel; to mix with this, Adelaide wheat at 7/3 per bushel. Imports coming in are excessive, but unfortunately our consuming powers remain stationary. ' We take the following from the Australasian Trade Review :—"The tariff introduced by the Duffy administration may be said to have passed committee. Its practical working will either explode the doctrine of protection, or confirm the wisdom of its application in a new country, where the chief source of its wealth must be sought in the development of its natural resources, and not in the localisation of trades which require an artificial stimulus either in their initiation or successful conduct. * •::- * * * A very general condemnation of the new tariff has been expressed in mercantile circles, especially in connect jqn with the 10 and 20 per cent. ad valorem duties, Our intercolonial trade, which has been staggering under the burdens imposed by the M'Culloch administration,will be all but prostrated under the new regime. Already numbers of the working men have received notice from their employers that their services will be discontinued, and it is expected that Jie tariff will bear its natural fruit in a great increase of the unemployed."